: Where I live I cannot get darker colored woods (like Mahogany) for any
: reasonable price. I would like to have a few darker strips to make some
: patterns and thought about staining them before applying the glass. Are
: there any reasons why you cannot stain the strips? Has anyone done this
: before?

Applying stain or dye to just a few strips will most likely lead to bleed-through to adjoining strips. Using tape to mask areas won't help either. Apparently scoring the wood with a knife can limit the bleeding.

You can always glue up a few strips and experiment, good luck.

Glen in Baie-St-Paul.